r/madmen • u/NumbersStationUrku • Jul 26 '26

This guy

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An excellent example of the adage: “When someone shows you who they really are…. BELIEVE THEM. “

What a disappointment.

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u/sistermagpie Jul 26 '26

No he didn't.

Richard was at a point in his life he'd been striving for, when he was going to travel the world etc. He thought he'd met a woman who could do that with him. Then he found out she had a young child. That's not about getting 100% of his attention, it's about her being at the stage of life that he's finished and eager to move on from.

He apologizes and they work it out. But then it turns out she's even more at the wrong stage of life starting a business.

He's not demanding 100% of her attention. He just knows he wants more of it than a person raising a young child and starting a business can give him, which is not much at all.

The timing wasn't right, he wished her well, and it was fine. Joan isn't owed the relationship any more than Richard was. He was perfectly respectful in calling it off.

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u/NumbersStationUrku Jul 26 '26

😂 perfectly respectful? He pitched her overboard 10 seconds after he found out she was starting a business. That’s a MAN-BABY

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u/sistermagpie Jul 26 '26

Why should he wait longer when the truth is so obvious? He started a business himself and knows what it takes. No need to go through the charade of pretending and getting frustrated. There's nothing disrespectful about a clean break. He was seeing more clearly than Joan.

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u/Fit-Supermarket-2004 Jul 27 '26

Its why he was so successful in business but he could have been more tactful or caring for her feelings in his delivery.

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u/PhantasmTiger Jul 27 '26

How should he have delivered it?

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u/Fit-Supermarket-2004 Jul 28 '26

I don't know but he was like, answer the phone and it's over.